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clowning
adjective as in waggish
noun as in farcicality
noun as in fun
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noun as in ha-ha
noun as in horseplay
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noun as in humor
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noun as in humorousness
noun as in jocosity
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noun as in joke
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noun as in ludicrousness
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- amusement
- badinage
- banter
- buffoonery
- comedy
- comicality
- comicalness
- drollery
- drollness
- facetiousness
- farce
- farcicality
- flippancy
- fun
- funniness
- gag
- gaiety
- happiness
- high spirits
- humorousness
- jest
- jesting
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- joke
- joking
- joyfulness
- kidding
- levity
- lightness
- playfulness
- pleasantry
- raillery
- ridiculousness
- tomfoolery
- whimsy
- wisecrack
- wit
- witticism
- wittiness
- zaniness
noun as in tomfoolery
Example Sentences
Similarly, The Independent awarded the film two-stars and said that there are some "wonderful gags and enjoyably grotesque clowning from Keaton" but Burton's "ability to tell a coherent story is very much in doubt".
Katy Perry joins the list of people clowning Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker for his controversial remarks that have been labeled as sexist and homophobic.
He had acted silly even at his own wedding, grinning during the solemnities, clowning when cutting the cake.
By that view, “Get Back,” with its abundant moments of jokey banter and on-set clowning, was seen by some as an overdue corrective to “Let It Be.”
Sullivan used to be afraid of clowns but has come to the conclusion that “clowning is not so much about the face paint and scaring people, but defying failure.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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